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2025-2026 / MATH0463-1

Functional analysis

Duration

30h Th, 10h Pr, 20h Mon. WS

Number of credits

 Master in mathematics, research focus8 crédits 
 Master in mathematics, teaching focus (Réinscription uniquement, pas de nouvelle inscription)8 crédits 
 Master of education, Section 4: Mathematics8 crédits 

Lecturer

Céline Esser

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course develops the basic principles of functional analysis as well as several applications.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the student will be able to understand and explain the fundamental concepts of functional analysis. They will be able to present key theorems and apply functional analysis techniques to solve various problems.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

A good understanding of the previous analysis, linear algebra and general topology courses is essential.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course consists of blackboard lessons and exercises sessions.

During the lessons, the main theoretical results are introduced, established and illustrated with examples.

During the exercises sessions, the students are trained to solve by themselves various problems using the results considered in the lessons

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Further information:

To be specified depending on the number of students enrolled in the course. The course is offered in alternating years and will not be taught in 2025-2026. However, it can still be followed independently using the available videos and lecture notes; no other learning activities are planned for that year.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Lecture notes  and a list of reference works are available on eCampus.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam


Further information:

The exam will consist of two parts.

The written part will involve solving exercises related to the theoretical material covered in class.

The oral part will involve a presentation at the blackboard on a topic from the course. Two lists of topics will be provided: the student must choose one topic from each list, and at the time of the exam, one of the two topics will be presented.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

The course is given during the first quadrimester of even academic years. The course is offered in alternating years and will not be taught in 2025-2026. However, it can still be followed independently using the available videos and lecture notes; no other learning activities are planned for that year.

 

Contacts

Céline Esser

Email : Celine.Esser@uliege.be 

Département de Mathématique,
Allée de la Découverte, 12, B37,
4000 Liège Belgium
Bureau 1/75

Association of one or more MOOCs

Items online

Course web page
Web page giving access to various informations on the course and to the electronic version of the notes.